If this was last season, I'd be somewhat happy. He really slowed things down last season, but this season has been awesome. Only thing I don't like is the boring Governor and Andrea scenes.

I'm interested to know what the creative differences were though? That could be good or bad. What side wanted to the good stories? He could have been interested in a good twist or a veer off from the normal, and AMC wants something more simplistic and rating oriented. Who knows.

The headline isn't misleading in the slightest. Glen Mazzarra's position is referred to as "show runner" or "show front runner". It's not the fault of the author of the article that you don't know that. If you've been paying attention at all to the struggles of this show over the last two seasons you'd know exactly who they meant when you read the article, because Glenn Mazzarra and Frank Darabont prior to that were ALWAYS referred to as the show runners. Don't blame others if you don't pay attention.